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MCQIntermediateLight, Radiation & Spectroscopy

USAAAO — 2020 First Round

Question 28

At optical wavelengths, star formation is strongly obscured by dust. Studies of protoplanetary disks therefore usually observe at infrared or sub-millimeter wavelengths. Why are these observations less strongly affected by interstellar dust?

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Source: USAAAO 2020 First Round, Question 28.